"It's nice to feel that the music we're making is the sound of all us in a room together again because we haven't done that for a while. We've all felt that whatever energy was there in the beginning was definitely still there. That's the reason for making the record again."

He also opened up about the tracks Bloc Party have written together so far and added that they dont "sound like anyone else on the planet" so can't wait to unveil them when the time is right:

"I think the people that will be into indie music now will be the people that love it. That's somewhat liberating. We can do whatever we want now and people will come to it on its own terms. I'm excited about the idea of making rock music again. It feels like the record that we're making doesn't sound like anyone else on the planet - that's a really good feeling."